Kapiʻolani Regional Park

Founded in 1904, the second oldest public aquarium in the country, with compact tanks of giant clams, frogfish and reef life, and Hawaiian monk seals.

Elephants and komodo dragons, with a keiki zoo inside for the smallest kids.

Community park playground a short walk from the zoo and aquarium.

Hotel with the Queensbreak pool deck, a second pool and roomy suites.

An oceanarium in the lobby, so kids get fish to watch every time you walk in or out.

Two walls out into the ocean make a calm swimming enclosure in the middle of the beach, so small kids can paddle away from the surf.